Brother (1997 film)

Brother (Russian: Брат, translit. Brat) is a 1997 Russian neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Aleksei Balabanov. The film stars Sergei Bodrov Jr. as Danila Bagrov, a young ex-conscript who becomes embroiled with the Saint Petersburg mob through his criminal older brother. It appeared in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.

Brother
Браᴛ
Russian theatrical release poster
Directed byAleksei Balabanov
Written byAleksei Balabanov
Produced bySergei Selyanov
StarringSergei Bodrov, Jr.
Viktor Sukhorukov
Yury Kuznetsov
Music byVyacheslav Butusov
Production
company
CTB Film Company
Distributed byKino International Corp.
Release dates
17 May 1997
(Cannes)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget$10,000
Box office$1.4 million

After its release on VHS in June 1997, Brother unexpectedly became one of the most commercially successful Russian films of the 1990s and quickly rose to cult film status throughout Russia. Due to the film's popularity and fan demand, a sequel, Brother 2, was released in 2000.

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